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Sega CD. 32X. The Sega Genesis, also known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.
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Although the Sega Master System had proven a success in Brazil and Europe, it failed to ignite much interest in the Japanese or North American markets, which by the mid-to-late 1980s were both dominated by Nintendowith 95% and 92% market shares respectively. Hoping to dramatically increase their share, Sega set about creating a new machine that would be at least as powerful as the then most impressive hardware on the market - the 16-bit Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and the Macintosh II home comp...
Japanese release
The Mega Drive was released in Japan in October 29 1988 for ¥21,000, almost exactly a year after the first of the fourth generation consoles NEC's PC Engine. Although this initially caused slow sales, the Mega Drive soon eclipsed the earlier machine in popularity. However, after the release of the PC Engine CD add-on and the Nintendo Super Family Computer, the Mega Drive soon lost ground. The Mega Drive was not as popular as the two aforementioned systems in Japan.
North American release
In 1987, Sega announced a North American release date for the system of January 9 1989, making it the second console to feature a 16-bit CPU (the first one being the Mattel Intellivision) and the first to feature single-instruction 32-bit arithmetic. Sega was not able to meet the initial release date and U.S. sales began on August 14, 1989 in New York City and Los Angeles with a suggested retail price of USD $200 at launch. The Mega Drive was released in the rest of North America on September...
In 2012, ATGames released the Firecore Sega Mega Drive 20-in-one system. It was made as the "Model 4" Mega Drive, and included 20 built-in games, as well as a switch that switches the adapters inside the cartridge slot to play PAL and NTSC games. Soon after, ATGamesre-released their Firecore model in America as a Plug'N'Play console, though the nam...
Eventually, the main competition for the Mega Drive became Nintendo's 16-bit SNES, over which it had a head start in terms of user base and number of games, reversing the problem Sega had faced against the NES. The Mega Drive continued to hold on to a healthy fan base composed significantly of RPG and sports games fans. The release of Sonic the Hed...
Majesco's Genesis 3 (single-chip and dual-chip versions) retains the Mode 4 support but has the Master System compatibility removed from the bus controller logic. This renders the Power Base Conver...One of the 68000's instructions, TAS, is intended for semaphore communication in multiprocessor machines and locks the 68000 bus during memory access. The Sega hardware did not support this unusual...It is not possible to overclock the Motorola 68000 CPU in some cases in excess of 300% (the current known world record is 25.4 MHz), though it may not be completely stable beyond a certain point on...Another possible modification is to replace the stock 68000 processor with a 68010. Since the CPU isn't socketed, this requires the removal of the old CPU, and soldering in of the new. The 68010 is...Jun 3, 2022 · Sega announces a new plug-and-play console with over 50 classic games, including Sonic CD, Virtua Racing, and Fantasy Zone. The Mega Drive Mini 2 is launching in Japan on October 27, 2022, and in North America on October 27, 2022.
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Nov 9, 2021 · 16-bit hero. (Image credit: Sega) The Sega Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you lived in North America) isn’t one of the highest selling consoles of all time, but it is easily one of the most ...
Dec 12, 2023 · Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) Sonic the Hedgehog’ s searing speed, eye-popping colour and catchy tunes were so good that we barely touched the copy of Altered Beas t that came bundled with our Mega Drive. And it was the perfect gateway drug to dozens of trailblazing classics that suddenly made Mario look drab and monochrome.
